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Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Tucson, AZ

August 23, 2017Pima County, Arizona

NWS Tucson, AZ issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 2017, 4:11 PM MST for Pima County, Arizona. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 23, 2017, 4:11 PM MST (23:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2017, 6:15 PM MST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Tucson, AZ
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Pima County, AZ

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 39 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 2017-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 906 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 2017-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
906 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-195 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2087 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

801 
WGUS55 KTWC 232311
FFWTWC
AZC019-240115-
/O.NEW.KTWC.FF.W.0066.170823T2311Z-170824T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
411 PM MST WED AUG 23 2017

The National Weather Service in Tucson has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Pima County in southeastern Arizona...

* Until 615 PM MST

* At 409 PM MST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms along Highway 
  86 near Three Points have produced between 1 and 2 inches of rain 
  over the past hour...and is likely resulting in flash flooding of 
  normally dry washes that feed into the Brawley Wash. 

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Three Points, Valencia West, Tucson Estates, Ryan Field and San
  Pedro.

LAT...LON 3221 11120 3213 11114 3194 11123 3200 11152
      3209 11151

$$
1 follow-up statement
171 
WGUS75 KTWC 240116
FFSTWC

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Tucson AZ
616 PM MST WED AUG 23 2017

AZC019-240123-
/O.EXP.KTWC.FF.W.0066.000000T0000Z-170824T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Pima-
616 PM MST WED AUG 23 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL PIMA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 615
PM MST...

The heavy rain has ended and the threat of flash flooding has 
subsided. Therefore, the Flash Flood Warning has been allowed to 
expire at 615 PM MST. 

However, minor flooding will persist into the the late evening 
hours. Therefore, A Small Stream Flood Advisory is in effect for the 
area until 9 PM MST. 

Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3221 11120 3213 11114 3194 11123 3200 11152
      3209 11151

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tucson, AZ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 9:58 AM MSTBlowing Dust AdvisoryTWCPima, Pinal9 hr
Aug 23, 11:58 AM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCSanta Cruz47 min
Aug 23, 12:38 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCCochise, Santa Cruz112 min
Aug 23, 1:09 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCSanta Cruz51 min
Aug 23, 2:41 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCSanta Cruz34 min
Aug 23, 3:21 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPima3 hr
Aug 23, 3:21 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima39 min
Aug 23, 3:33 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPima, Santa Cruz117 min
Aug 23, 3:33 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementTWCCochise57 min
Aug 23, 3:45 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCSanta Cruz90 min
Aug 23, 3:51 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPinal39 min
Aug 23, 4:02 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPima43 min
Aug 23, 4:12 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTWCPinal2 hr
Aug 23, 4:28 PM MSTDust Storm WarningTWCPima, Pinal3 hr
Aug 23, 4:29 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTWCPinal46 min
Aug 23, 4:34 PM MSTFlash Flood WarningTWCPinal116 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.